All Bibles are listed in order of publishing date. For each Bible there is a seperate detailed webpage with many, many more pictures that you can reach by clicking on the title of the Bible or at the 'more details' link at the end of the description.

A note on the quality of our Antique Bibles:

We take great pride in the quality of the Bibles we offer. We cannot replace missing pages or undo water damage and so on, but we do make sure that the binding of the pages as well as the covers is in good (daily) useable condition. Therefore most Bibles go through a restoration process where the spines are cleaned of old failing adhesive and loose pages or broken signatures are restored/replaced. Old spine leather is reinforced or replaced and spine reinforcement is applied with new headbands and the cover hinge is extra re-enforced. Also the cover leather is cleaned and treated and if applicable the clasps are cleaned and restored. This is not just a patch job! This process brings the strength of the book back to its original quality!

Purchasing an Antique Family Bible or an early King James or Geneva Bible:

THE HOLY BIBLE
Containing
THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT
Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues
and with
The Former Translations diligently compared and revised by his
Majestie's special command. With Most Profitable Annotations upon
all the hard places, and other things of Great Importance Which
Notes have Never Before Been Set Forth with This New Translation.
But are now placed in due order with great care and duftrie. Printed
in the year 1708'

King
James' version, with the FAMOUS and EXTENSIVE Geneva notes (like a
modern day study Bible), etc., Printed Abroad, probably Amsterdam.. A classic work. Complete as issued with ALSO: the Apocrypha, the metric Psalter
and various Tables/Concordances etc.

THE HOLY BIBLE containing the OLD TESTAMENT and THE NEW. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and With the Former Translations Diligently Compar'd & Revised By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Printed by James Watson, One of His Majesties Printers. Anno Dom 1715. Cum Privilegio. A sublime gorgeous all (hand) ruled in red, Holy Bible. Gold gilt pages. Collated/complete. Professionally rebacked to style. White metal bosses, corners and clasps. Partially faded gilt decoration to the boards. Raised-bands and elaborate blind-stamped decoration to the new spine. Darkened gilt finish to all page-edges. Marble end-papers, with a bookplate to the front pastedown. Red-ruled throughout the contents. COMPLETE in every aspect. The margins of one leaf have been repaired with reversible archival tissue. Very light/moderate foxing affecting much of the contents, heaviest marginally. Slightly heavier spotting and marking affecting the final few leaves. EXCELLENT condition! STUNNING binding and metal decorations

THE HOLY BIBLE
Containing
THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT
Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues
and with
The Former Translations diligently compared and revised by his
Majestie's special command.... Printed
in the year MDCCXV [1715]'

Bound with a complete Book of Common Prayer
(complete, with title 1715), 2 tables, Apocrypha and metric Whole
Book of Psalms (also complete with title 1715)

ALL titles (BCP, General/Old Testament title and New
Testament and the Psalter) are dated 1715 (MDCCXV). Rare Early
Edition. Including six folding engraved maps and plans (the world,
location of eden, 40 year wanderings, Jerusalem, Canaan, Paul's
travels).
Bound in
beautiful ORIGINAL leather binding with corners/clasps. King James' version, with the FAMOUS and EXTENSIVE
Geneva notes (like a modern day study Bible), etc. A classic work. Complete as issued with ALSO: Common
Prayer book, the Apocrypha, the metric Psalter
and various Tables/Concordances etc.

Gorgeous and truly magnificent: The
famous and monumental ‘Vinegar Bible,’ also known as the ‘Baskett
full of errors,’ and generally acknowledged as the most magnificent
Bible printed in England. The text is the King James Version of the
English Bible and was printed in large folio by J. Baskett at Oxford
in 1717-16. The volume is adorned with numerous beautiful engraved
headpieces and tailpieces depicting scenes from the Bible (about 60
in total, about 1/4 of a page each), further adorned with engraved
initials, includes the famous typographical error in the headline of
Luke XX that reads “The Parable of the Vinegar” Herbert (#943) calls it "A magnificent edition, printed in large
type. With many plates at the beginning and end of books, engraved
in steel from the designs of various artists. Some of the initial
letters are similarly engraved ... "

This edition is the somewhat rarer illustrated 'B' variant. As printer to King George II and
to the University of Oxford between 1711 and his death in 1742, John
Baskett was responsible for printing many fine books. However his
name is remembered above all for his 1717-1716 imprint of the Holy
Bible should have been one of the highlights of Baskett's career.
Instead so many printing mistakes were made that people referred to
his Bible as a "Baskett-ful of errors.” This edition was authorized for use in the pulpit, and this copy
very likely was so used.

The volume comprises the complete text of the Old Testament,
Apocrypha, and New Testament, along with the two title pages and the
preliminaries. Both titles display beautiful engravings. The volume
measures about 19" x 13" x 4.5". See about 70
pictures.

A GORGEOUS COMPLETE EARLY 1700s KING JAMES BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT & NEW TESTAMENT: 'The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly tranflated out of the Original Tongues and With the former tranflations diligently compared and revisd. By His Majefties Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. Oxford, Printed by John Basket Printer to the University. MDCCXXVI [1726]' 1726 Holy Bible King James (O.T. & N.T. & apocrypha ) COMPLETE with Title Pages, Preliminaries and Concluding Table !!! Preceded by a COMPLETE Book of Common Prayer with engraved and main title pages.VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT condition! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING Recent Full Contemporary Paneled Blind Tooled Calf Binding with Polished Spine !!! Binding Very Good and Tight For Age. The Text Block is Very Good and Square. The Pages Are Good and Crisp. A little age related browning and foxing throughout and a little more so to margins. Marbled pages edges are faded in places. Nice Matching Marbled End Papers.

EXQUISITE! COMPLETE and astoundingly illustrated King James
Bible bound with original maroon leather
gold stamped covers and a decorated 'JHS' (first 3 letters of 'Jesus'
in Greek) in the center of the covers.Gold decorated 5 raised band spine. Filled with remarkable (about 200) 'Hiftorys' [illustrations of Bible scenes - 4
per page]. The Bible is
complete. All title pages
present, even a set of TWO general titles to the BCP and THREE
titles to the Old Testament!
Decorated chapter initials. Printed by Thomas Baskett in Oxford

A 1733 King James Holy Bible containing the Old
and New Testaments bound together with the Apocrypha, a complete
Book of Common Prayer (2 titles, 1733) and an Index and Concordance. Also all with title
pages.

One of the general titles specifies the
'Historical part of the Holy Bible ... Exactly and Completely
described in above two hundred histories, curiously engraved by J.
Cole from, designs by the Best Masters".

A huge, elephant size (15" x10") King James Bible nicely bound in contemporary (could be original) brown leather - decorated/blind-stamped - English binding with "Common Prayer / Holy Bible" in gold letters on the spine. Has the complete - RARE - series of six double page maps (in English, but based on the famous series of maps found in the Dutch 1700s Bibles). The Bible is complete. All title pages present, even a set of THREE general titles to the Old Testament! Decorated chapter initials. Printed by John Baskett in London. One of the general title specifies the "Sacred Geography contained in six maps". They depict (I) The situation of Paradise, (II) the sacred geography of the known part of the world;, (III), the plan of the city of Jerusalem, (IV) the Holy Land during Christ; (V) the land of Canaan travelled by Christ and (VI) the travels of St Paul and the other apostles. These maps are absolutely astounding in beauty and detail given a remarkable inside in the Biblical view and knowledge of the early 1700s!

Complete Bible text with all titles (including engraved general title) and prelims etc. Also bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer (starts with the collects), the complete Apocrypha, a complete Biblical Index and a partial (lacks after "P") Concordance.

Multiple titles to the Old Testament (3 titles), New Testament and the Concordance. ...more details ...

THE HOLY BIBLE
Containing
THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT
Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues
and with
The Former Translations diligently compared and revised by his
Majestie's special command. ... Thomas Baskett ... M.DCC.LIX [1759]

Bound with 'the Historical Part ... Exquifitely
and Accurately defcrib'd in near Three Hundred Hiftorys engraved by
John Sturt, from Defins of the Greateft Mafters'

And also bound with 'Six Maps for the Bible sold
only by Richard Ware...' - Six huge double page maps of the
Mediterranean, the Promised Land, the Temple, the Holy Land, Canaan
in time of Christ and Paul's travels.

ALL titles (2 x General/Old Testament title and New
Testament) are present. Rare Edition.
Re-bound in
beautiful calf leather English style binding,
amazing gilt ruled spine with 6 raised bands & text 'Holy Bible'.
William Gibbes name if printed in faded latter on the covers.
Manuscript provenance of James Lavers' family in the back.

A pulpit size (16.5" x
10.5"!) two-volume set of a beautifully and abundantly illustrated 1759 antique
Bible ('Every Chriftian Family's Beft Treadure'). The
Bible set has about 40 exquisite and beautifully preserved
(undamaged in any way) full-page engravings/illustration
of Bible scenes, each including Bible references. The set has been high-quality
restored in matching 3/4 cloth and leather bindings
and beautifully gold gilt illustrated spine (with 5 raised bands) and
the texts 'Universal Family bible 1759 - Vol. I. and II.'

As per the title page: "The Universal Family
Bible: or Every Chriftian Family's Beft Treafure. Containing the
SACRED TEXT of the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT at Large illustrated with
NOTED and COMMENTS .... LONDON ... MDCCLXL'

The text includes a VERY
extensive commentary as well as various tables, an index and the
Apocrypha printed at the back.

"The
Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Teftaments; Tranflated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former
Translations diligently Compared & Revifed. By His Majesties Special
Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. OXFORD ... MDCCLXXVII
[1777]"

A
gorgeous and amazingly illustrated Bible in a beautiful preserved condition with (original?) red
leather, multi-colored binding
with gold stamped decorations and red 'IHS' [first 3 letter of Jesus
in Greek] on the middle of the back cover. All page edges are gold gilt.

This Bible is embellished
with a set of about 30 Bible illustrations - inlcuding some DOUBLE
PAGE ones in the New Testament and are in amazing detail!

There is a total
of FOUR title pages to this Bible, including the prelims and various
tables and indices. All seems to be present and complete, including
the complete Apocrypha. Additionally there is a complete Book of
Common Prayer [1768] in the front and a 'a New version of the Psalms
of David [1775] in the back. The double page engraving of the crucifixion is quite amazing! ...more details ...

'Expository notes, with practical observations, on the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherein the sacred text is at large recited, the sense explained, and the instructive example of the Blessed Jesus, and his Holy Apostles, to our imitation recommended. The whole designed to encourage the reading of the scriptures in private families, and to render the daily perusal of them profitable and delightful to which is added the life of the author, written expressly from authentic communications' Burkitt, William. London: Thomas Kelly, 1828.

Massive New Testament folio, illustrated profusely with a frontispiece portrait of William Burkitt, with his annotations, as well as dozens of full page steel-engraved plates throughout. William Burkitt (1650-1703) was a vicar and lecturer in Dedham, England. His expository notes on the New Testament (still in print and even available on CD-rom today) were written "with practical observations on the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, wherein The Sacred Text is at Large recited, the Sense Explained, and the Instructive Example of the Blessed Jesus, and his Holy Apostles, to our Imitation Recommended." He designed his New Testament to "to encourage the Reading of the Scriptures in Private Families, and to Render the Daily Perusal of them profitable and Delightful." During the colonial period and well into the 19th century, daily family devotions were a regular part of Christians' day. Original marked leather boards and spine with original label intact to the spine, the front boards with gilt borders and the spine with gilt rule and decor as well. The hinges intact & joints have been nicely reinforced and are now firm. Leather with minor wear, as shown. Interior pleasantly toned, bound firm, unmarked and complete, with marbled EPs.

A very rare complete 11 volume Bible set (containing the Old and the New Testament in the King James Version). Beautifully preserved and bound in brown leather with overlapping edges to protect the pages. Each Bible's leather cover is blind stamped and has on the spine in gold letters: 'Holy Bible", "London" and well as the volume number and range of books.

Each volume has an engraved title page and an introduction to the books within that volume. The is a very rare set, especially in this amazing condition & it includes part of the original box with a description of the set on one of the sides (see pictures).

In close to EXCELLENT condition. Complete, very clean pages. Binding of each booklet is in solid and in well preserved order, with leather boards firmly attached with no splitting or weakness to inner or outer hinges, no loss or damage to the leather apart from some occasional light rubbing. The text blocks are firm and secure with no missing, detached or loose pages, and there are no inscriptions present anywhere in the booklets. The leather on the spine of the first volume is somewhat damaged.

A special complete 11 volume
Bible set in 'As-New' edition (containing the Old and the New Testament in the King
James Version). Beautifully preserved and bound in red-brown leather
with gold gilt paper edges. Each Bible's leather
cover is gold stamped on the spine with the text: 'The Holy
Bible", followed by the volume number (I through XI) and range of books. Each volume has an engraved
title page and an introduction to the books within that volume.

The is a very special set,
especially in this amazing condition & it includes the
original box with a description of the set on the inside of the
cover (see
pictures)

In 'As-New' and EXCELLENT
condition. Complete, very clean pages. Binding of each booklet is in
solid and in well preserved order, with leather boards firmly
attached with no splitting or weakness to inner or outer hinges, no
loss or damage to the leather apart from some occasional light
rubbing. The text blocks are firm and secure with no missing,
detached or loose pages, and there are no inscriptions present
anywhere in the booklets. A beautiful set!...more...

"The Holy Bible containing the Old and New
Testaments .... New York, American Bible Society 1888"

Nicely preserved and complete church book - Bible
from 1888 with leather binding and protective flaps containing the
compete Old and New Testaments as well as a series of color printed
maps in the back of the Bible.

Very Good condition and well preserved. Binding
holding well. Leather faded by use but Bible inside in excellent
condition.

Amazing and beautiful set of 10 volumes telling 'The Bible and it's Story - Taught by Picture Lessons'.

Each book is illustrated with wonderful Bible story scenes, and each illustration has a tissue cover page with a short description of the work/scene. These pictures are derived from great artists and include such works as Michelangelo's Ceiling Paintings, as well as other well known and not so well known artists: Julius Schnorr, Charles Baron de Steuben, Rubens, Gustave Doré, Edward Armitage, De Bar, Alexander Cabanel, Horst, Salvatore Rosa, Edward von Gebhardt, Pedro de Moya, Jacobi Carrucci and many others. They cover all of the books of the Bible, old and new testament. Each book has about 192 pages (not counting the illustrations), the total set has 1926 pages (plus an estimated 700+ full page engravings/photo's) and the back of the last has a study section that is separate in the numbering of the pages. The covers and spine are dark green in color (cloth) with gold printed titles and the edges of the pages are gold gilt. Each volume opens with a beautiful frontispiece.

There are no missing pages, stains, pencil marks or other markings on any of the pages. The bindings are solid and tight. The covers are undamaged and just some very slight wear.

An attractive and appealing thirty (30) volume, numbered set of small books covering the complete Holy Bible - Old and New Testament, published in the 1920s by the Little Leather Library Corporation of New York. Each small book has a brown leather cover. The set is presented WITHOUT the shown book rack. All books are in VERY GOOD condition, covers and pages are intact. Some pages are yellowing but all pages are legible. There are no pencil marks or other markings on any of the pages. The wear of the books is consistent with the age of the books. A hard-to-find gem!. The Little Leather Library Corporation of New York was founded in 1916 by Albert Boni, Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackiem. It was one of the first attempts to mass-market inexpensive literary classics in the United States. The little Bible set is dark brown, embossed leatherette, that originally sold for $2.97,and the bookends sold for .69 cents!

A rather unique and very attractive thirty (30) volume, numbered set of small books covering the complete Holy Bible - Old and New Testament, published in the 1920s by the Little Leather Library Corporation of New York. Each small book has a brown leather cover.

The set is presented in a beautiful (original - as issued with the Bible set) cedar chest.

Each book has a beautiful dark brown embossed leather cover, in raised lettering on each book is stamped “The Holy Bible,” also on each cover is the book(s) of the bible contained in the volume. In raised lettering on the spine are the book of the bible and the volume number from 1 - 30. The Little Leather Library Corporation of New York was founded in 1916 by Albert Bone, Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackiem. It was one of the first attempts to mass-market inexpensive literary classics in the United States. A few books have somewhat loose binding but most a in a very good condition. Some creases and signs of wear (as to be expected). No writing in the books, no staining or other damages.